Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group PLC
18 November 2005




                 BURBERRY GROUP PLC:  Transaction in Own Shares


Burberry Group plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased 110,000
of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ('Shares') from Merrill Lynch at a price of
397.545455 pence per Share, for cancellation.

In accordance with a notice received from GUS plc ('GUS') under the Share
Repurchase Agreement approved by the Company's shareholders at the 2005 Annual
General Meeting ('the Agreement'), off-market repurchases of Shares from GUS
pursuant to the Agreement have been suspended with effect from the close of
business on Friday, 11 November 2005.


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